If you'd like to head back over to the wiki where we've been building our permaculture track proposals, click here.
Dear Northeastern Permaculture Teachers -
Thanks for putting your good work and time into the first round of creating a permaculture conference proposal! I received word from Ben Grosscup that he is impressed with what we've put together and will look through it in more detail next week.
As for our overall provess so far, we got some critical and very helpful feedback from Steve Gabriel -- he thought that there was lack of clarity in our instructions, that the whole process moved too quickly, and that the final outcome was less than perfect.
Connor and I agree with this feedback completely. We knew that we were in a "rapid prototype" of this approach to organizing conference presentations, working with a limited time budget and needing to make decisions without a clearly articulated process. We realized in doing so that we would have to make judgement calls about which presentations to include, and that in the future we would like to start earlier and have a clearer set of protocols for the who, what, and how of making those decisions.
So at this stage, we'd like to open up a discussion: How can this teaching community put forward integrated packages of presentations for future conferences in an inclusive, efficient, professional manner?
We'd love to hear any feedback and ideas that you all may have -- positive, critical, or anything else you'd like to share.
So, here are our proposed next steps:
1. Head on over to a new Discussion Forum (on our lovely old NEPC wiki), and add your feedback from this process so far & thoughts on an open process for creating future permaculture track proposals.
2. If you did not get a chance to post a 'Presentation' page for this initial round, go ahead and do so THIS WEEKEND - we'll add them to the proposal and they'll appear for the NOFA Summer Conference organizers to choose from.
We're excited to engaging with you all to take this forward! Everyone is welcome to the discussion. If you do not want to participate, please at least acknowledge that you've understood everything up to here and are choosing not to engage. If you trust the community and those people who do step into the discussion to come out with a great solution for everyone, please let us know so that we can move forward with your blessings.
Permaculture Conference Track Discussion
Howdy All! Use the 'discussion' link at the top of this page to join the conversation!
If you'd like to head back over to the wiki where we've been building our permaculture track proposals, click here.
Dear Northeastern Permaculture Teachers -
Thanks for putting your good work and time into the first round of creating a permaculture conference proposal! I received word from Ben Grosscup that he is impressed with what we've put together and will look through it in more detail next week.
As for our overall provess so far, we got some critical and very helpful feedback from Steve Gabriel -- he thought that there was lack of clarity in our instructions, that the whole process moved too quickly, and that the final outcome was less than perfect.
Connor and I agree with this feedback completely. We knew that we were in a "rapid prototype" of this approach to organizing conference presentations, working with a limited time budget and needing to make decisions without a clearly articulated process. We realized in doing so that we would have to make judgement calls about which presentations to include, and that in the future we would like to start earlier and have a clearer set of protocols for the who, what, and how of making those decisions.
So at this stage, we'd like to open up a discussion: How can this teaching community put forward integrated packages of presentations for future conferences in an inclusive, efficient, professional manner?
We'd love to hear any feedback and ideas that you all may have -- positive, critical, or anything else you'd like to share.
So, here are our proposed next steps:
1. Head on over to a new Discussion Forum (on our lovely old NEPC wiki), and add your feedback from this process so far & thoughts on an open process for creating future permaculture track proposals.
2. If you did not get a chance to post a 'Presentation' page for this initial round, go ahead and do so THIS WEEKEND - we'll add them to the proposal and they'll appear for the NOFA Summer Conference organizers to choose from.
We're excited to engaging with you all to take this forward! Everyone is welcome to the discussion. If you do not want to participate, please at least acknowledge that you've understood everything up to here and are choosing not to engage. If you trust the community and those people who do step into the discussion to come out with a great solution for everyone, please let us know so that we can move forward with your blessings.
Joyfully into the new year,
Ethan & Connor